S-shaped cleat structures and intermixed cleat patterns for articles of footwear

An article of footwear comprising:

• an upper configured to receive a foot of a user;
• a sole structure attached to the upper and including a ground-facing outsole, the sole structure configured to support thereon the foot of the user and contact a ground surface;
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• a cleat structure projecting downwardly from the ground-facing outsole, the cleat structure including:
• a mounting base attached to the sole structure;
• a center wall attached at a proximal end thereof to and projecting downwardly from the mounting base, the center wall having a substantially flat polyhedral body with opposing first and second lateral ends and a distal longitudinal end, opposite the proximal end, extending between the first and second lateral ends;
• a first sidewall projecting downwardly from the base and adjoining the first lateral end of the center wall, the first sidewall having a first angled edge projecting at a first oblique angle from a first edge of the distal longitudinal end, the first sidewall having a first pair of opposing major faces each with a first right trapezium shape having a first obliquely angled edge;
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• a second sidewall projecting downwardly from the base, adjoining the second lateral end of the center wall, and located on a respective side of the center wall opposite that of the first sidewall, the second sidewall having a second angled edge projecting at a second oblique angle from a second edge of the distal longitudinal end of the center wall, the second edge opposite the first edge, the second sidewall having a second pair of opposing major faces each with a second right trapezium shape having a second obliquely angled edge.

A cleat structure for an article of footwear, the article of footwear having a sole structure configured to support a foot and contact a ground surface, the cleat structure including:

• a mounting base configured to attach to the sole structure;
• a first wall projecting from the mounting base and having a substantially flat polyhedral body with opposing first and second lateral ends and a distal longitudinal end extending between the first and second lateral ends;
• a first sidewall projecting from the base and adjoining the first lateral end of the polyhedral body of the first wall, the first sidewall having a first angled edge projecting at a first oblique angle from the distal longitudinal end;
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• a second sidewall projecting from the base, adjoining the second lateral end of the polyhedral body of the first wall, and located on a respective side of the first wall opposite that of the first sidewall, the second sidewall having a second angled edge projecting at a second oblique angle from the distal longitudinal end,
• wherein the mounting base includes a first mounting plate projecting from a first proximal end of the first sidewall and a second mounting plate, distinct and spaced from the first mounting plate, projecting from a second proximal end of the second sidewall.